The company, called Flirtey, made its first household delivery via drone in July, from a 7-Eleven. Flirtey likes to say its partnership with the convenience-store chain will save parents with sick children a late-night run to the store for medicine.

But the drone deliveries are conveniently made with insulated boxes, so a chili dog and Slurpee dropping from the sky to your home is within reach.

A Flirtey drone in flight over Sydney Harbour. The little Australian start-up now based near Reno, Nevada, has beat Amazon to the punch.
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Flirtey co-founder and CEO Matt Sweeney says his company was able to jump ahead of Amazon by working with government regulators to get early approval to run tests.